28 January 2009

if it were possible to fall in love and marry a radio show, I would. this american life, will you marry me? I would like to spend the rest of my life listening to you. please say yes.

about a month or so ago, a good friend asked me to recommend a few episodes and the following list is what I happily sent his way. these are my favorite acts, my top five. these are the ones I can listen to over and over and over. the links take you to the pages and the pages list episode descriptions. each episode has three different stories/acts. the option to listen to each full episode is just to the left of the descriptions. I've listed specific acts here and you might want to skip forward to the ones I'm talking about. or not. I'll say this: if you're looking to get lost, today is your lucky day.

14 January 2009

I'd love to see you there, if you are so inclined. cardboard and old cameras will be involved plus an abundance of forest-wandering. it might also be like a big slumber party except I promise not to put toothpaste or shaving cream in your hair or color in your entire nose with a permanent black marker like my cousin did to me in the summer of 1984. I can, however, promise you a great deal of that thing they call fun. fun fun fun whether you take my class or not. because squam? pretty much the cat's pajamas.

09 January 2009

in the spirit of last year's list, I give you this: an ode to unpredictability. a new list. a collection of the unintended, the unplanned. one that commemorates the unexpected little (and big) things that happen over the course of 365 days. I'm not going to lie, it hasn't been the easiest year. in fact, parts of it have been so painful I can barely stand to speak of them. but this is how you get over, you make a list of the good.

these are things that snuck up on me from behind. these are things I never really saw coming. in my 38th year, I: